Formans

== English == === Etymology === From French Formans. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Formans A small river in eastern France. ==== Translations ==== == German == === Etymology 1 === Coined by German linguist Karl Brugmann in 1904 from Latin elementum fōrmāns (“forming element”), with fōrmāns being the present participle of fōrmō (“to shape; to form; to fashion”). By surface analysis, formen +‎ -ans. Doublet of Formant. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈfɔʁmans] Hyphenation: For‧mans Rhymes: -ɔʁmans ==== Noun ==== Formans n (strong, genitive Formans, plural Formanzien or Formantia) (linguistic morphology) formative (language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function) Synonym: Formativ Antonym: Determinativ ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== formantisch ===== Descendants ===== → English: formans → French: formans === Etymology 2 === From French Formans. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Proper noun ==== der Formans m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Formans) Formans (a small river in eastern France) === Further reading === “Formans” in Duden online “Formans” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Formans” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon === References ===